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China's Twentieth Century

China's Twentieth Century

ByWang Hui

2016 • 3 Readers • 369 pages

Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62

#1 of 3 in People's Trilogy

Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62

ByFrank Dikötter

2010 • 33 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8

The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited

The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited

ByLouisa Lim

2014 • 9 Readers • 281 pages • 4.5

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

ByFrank Dikötter

12 Readers • 4

Diary of a madman and other stories

Diary of a madman and other stories

ByWilliam A. Lyell(Translator),Lu Xun

1926 • 18 Readers • 389 pages • 4.5

Rise of the Red Engineers

Rise of the red engineers

ByJoel Andreas

3 Readers

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Haunted by Chaos

Haunted by Chaos: China’s Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping

BySulmaan Wasif Khan

1 Reader

The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976

#3 of 3 in People's Trilogy

The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976

ByFrank Dikötter

2016 • 12 Readers • 396 pages • 2.5

The man on Mao's right

The man on Mao's right

ByChaozhu Ji

Makers Of Modern Asia

Makers Of Modern Asia

ByRamachandra Guha(editor),Jay Taylor(Contributor)

2014 • 1 Reader • 394 pages

The Clockwork Rocket: Orthogonal Book One

#1 of 3 in Orthogonal

The Clockwork Rocket

ByGreg Egan

2011 • 28 Readers • 420 pages • 3.8

Quicksilver

ByNeal Stephenson

270 Readers • 3.8

The Sovereign Individual

The Sovereign Individual

ByJames Dale Davidson,William Rees-Mogg

1997 • 66 Readers • 416 pages • 2.5

Mort

#4 of 41 in Discworld

ByTerry Pratchett

7 • 945 Readers • 272 pages • 4.1

The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

Columbia Global Reports

The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

ByTim Wu

2018 • 25 Readers • 154 pages • 4

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

ByFrank Herbert

11 • 4,710 Readers • 704 pages • 4.3

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

ByMatthew Walker

2017 • 835 Readers • 360 pages • 4.3

American Default: The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold

American Default: The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold

BySebastian Edwards

2018 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

Art of Doing Science and Engineering

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

ByRichard R. Hamming

2003 • 96 Readers • 376 pages • 4.4

Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos

Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos

ByThomas Petzinger Jr.

1995 • 3 Readers • 616 pages • 4

The Paris Review Interviews, I: 16 Celebrated Interviews

#1 of 2 in The Paris Review Interviews

The Paris Review Interviews, I: 16 Celebrated Interviews

ByThe Paris Review(Introduction),Philip Gourevitch(Introduction)

2006 • 3 Readers • 510 pages

Metamagical Themas

Metamagical themas

ByDouglas R. Hofstadter

2008 • 17 Readers • 880 pages • 4

Paradigms of artificial intelligence programming

Paradigms of artificial intelligence programming

ByPeter Norvig(著)

1991 • 9 Readers • 946 pages

Age of Ambition

Age of Ambition

ByEvan Osnos

2014 • 17 Readers • 403 pages • 4

Tuareg

#1 of 2 in Tuareg

ByAlberto Vázquez-Figueroa

1980 • 10 Readers • 256 pages • 4.2

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

ByRobert A. Caro

2019 • 52 Readers • 231 pages • 4.6

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

ByAmin Maalouf,Jon Rothschild(Translator)

1983 • 29 Readers • 293 pages • 4.5

Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth

Measure What Matters

ByJohn Doerr,Kris Duggan

2017 • 159 Readers • 320 pages • 3.6

How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region

How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region

ByJoe Studwell

2013 • 64 Readers • 320 pages • 3.9

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From Cold War To Hot Peace

From Cold War To Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia

ByMichael McFaul

2018 • 1 Reader

When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle

When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle

ByScott Wapner

5 Readers • 256 pages • 4.3

The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face

ByMasha Gessen

2010 • 38 Readers • 314 pages • 3.6

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Parliament of Whores

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

ByP.J. O'Rourke

2 Readers • 3

Eurotragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts

Eurotragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts

ByAshoka Mody

2018 • 1 Reader • 673 pages

Tancredo Neves, o príncipe do Brasil

Tancredo Neves, o príncipe do Brasil

ByPlínio Fraga

648 pages

The Passage of Power

#4 of 4 in The Years of Lyndon Johnson

The passage of power

ByRobert A. Caro

2012 • 54 Readers • 4.6

O Trato dos Viventes: Formação do Brasil no Atlantico Sul, Séculos XVI E XVII

O Trato dos Viventes: Formação do Brasil no Atlantico Sul, Séculos XVI E XVII

ByLuiz Felipe de Alencastro

2000 • 1 Reader • 525 pages

The Book of Why

The Book of Why

ByJudea Pearl,Dana Mackenzie

2018 • 71 Readers • 432 pages • 3.7

Las cinco disfunciones de un equipo

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

ByPatrick Lencioni

2002 • 206 Readers • 224 pages • 4

Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book II

Αρχαία Ελληνική Γραμματεία: Οι Έλληνες

History of the Peloponnesian War

ByThucydides

-411 • 95 Readers • 261 pages • 3.7

Masters of War

ByMichael Handel

2 Readers

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

ByCarl Bernstein,Bob Woodward

1974 • 84 Readers • 3.6

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

ByLee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal

1990 • 2 Readers • 492 pages

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

ByAlfred Thayer Mahan

1890 • 11 Readers • 633 pages

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

ByRobert Coram

3 • 39 Readers • 504 pages • 4.3

Images of Organization

Images of Organization

ByGareth Morgan

1986 • 2 Readers • 520 pages • 4

Titan

ByRon Chernow

1998 • 126 Readers • 832 pages • 3.9

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

ByCharles T. Munger

Seeking Wisdom

ByPeter Bevelin

2003 • 55 Readers • 318 pages • 4

The Outsiders

ByWilliam N. Thorndike Jr.

2012 • 29 Readers • 250 pages • 4.5

Hard Drive

ByJames Wallace,Jim Erickson

1993 • 9 Readers • 443 pages

The Greatest Trade Ever

The Greatest Trade Ever

ByGregory Zuckerman

2009 • 6 Readers • 304 pages • 3.5

La llamada de la tribu

La llamada de la tribu

ByMario Vargas Llosa

2018 • 1 Reader • 235 pages

Shoe Dog

ByPhil Knight

2016 • 454 Readers • 384 pages • 4.3

Big deal

ByBruce Wasserstein

1998 • 820 pages

China: A New History

China: A New History

ByJohn King Fairbank,Merle Goldman

1992 • 3 Readers

Private Empire

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

BySteve Coll

2012 • 11 Readers • 704 pages • 4.5

King of Capital

King of Capital

ByDavid Carey,John E. Morris

2010 • 5 Readers • 400 pages • 3

Dear Chairman

Dear chairman : boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism

ByJefferson Gramm

2016 • 2 Readers • 291 pages

Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business

Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business

ByGeorge Anders

2002 • 1 Reader • 370 pages

A Guerra do Paraguai

A Guerra do Paraguai

ByLuiz Octavio de Lima

2016 • 1 Reader • 417 pages

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The 3G Way

The 3G Way: An introduction to the management style of the trio who’s taken over some of the most important icons of American capitalism.

ByFrancisco S. Homem De Mello

2014 • 1 Reader

Barbarians in the Boardroom: Activist Investors and the battle for control of the world's most powerful companies

Barbarians in the Boardroom: Activist Investors and the battle for control of the world's most powerful companies

ByOwen Walker

2016 • 1 Reader • 252 pages

Gods at war

BySteven M. Davidoff

End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise

End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise

ByCarl Minzner

2018 • 1 Reader • 297 pages

Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp-on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics

Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp-on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics

ByKenneth P. Vogel

2014 • 1 Reader • 4

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

ByAtul Gawande

2014 • 374 Readers • 282 pages • 4.5

Fault Lines

ByRaghuram G. Rajan

2011 • 7 Readers • 280 pages • 4.3

Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History & What They Reveal About the Future

Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

ByIan Morris

2010 • 25 Readers • 768 pages • 4.5

The Fate of the West: The Battle to Save the World’s Most Successful Political Idea

The Fate of the West: The Battle to Save the World’s Most Successful Political Idea

ByBill Emmott

2017 • 1 Reader • 327 pages

Succeed

ByHeidi Grant Halvorson

2010 • 6 Readers • 263 pages • 4

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Essays in Persuasion

Essays in Persuasion

ByJohn Maynard Keynes

3 Readers

Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets

Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets

ByJohn McMillan

2002 • 2 Readers • 288 pages • 4

Misbehavior of Markets

Misbehavior of Markets

ByBenoît B. Mandelbrot,Richard L. Hudson

1997 • 1 Reader • 368 pages

Ill Fares the Land

Ill Fares the Land

ByTony Judt

2010 • 7 Readers • 237 pages • 4.3

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

BySheelah Kolhatkar

2017 • 46 Readers • 370 pages • 4.2

Lords of Finance

Lords of Finance

ByLiaquat Ahamed

On China

ByHenry Kissinger

2011 • 34 Readers • 645 pages • 4.1

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Diary of a Very Bad Year

Diary of a Very Bad Year

ByAnonymous Hedge Fund Manager

2010 • 3 Readers • 272 pages